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INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis summer camp was back on its normal schedule yesterday, one day
after a lightning strike injured three children, one critically.

A message posted on the Facebook page of Goldman Union Camp Institute, a Reform Jewish summer
camp, said the camp had resumed its normal schedule.

“Please know, the safety of your children is our highest priority,” said the message, signed by
camp director Rabbi Mark Covitz.

Indianapolis police said one child was critically injured and two others were in stable
condition after the lightning strike Saturday afternoon. All three were at Riley Hospital for
Children in Indianapolis. Their medical conditions were not available yesterday.

The injured campers were a 12-year-old Loveland, Ohio, boy and two 9-year-olds — a Chesterfield,
Mo., girl, and a Kentucky boy, possibly from Louisville, police said.

Police said several hundred children remained at the camp after the lightning strike.

Police said the children were in a field when the lightning strike occurred about 1:40 p.m.
Saturday. Camp counselors had begun lifesaving efforts before medics arrived to treat and transport
the children.